commencement of hostilities
1commencement — /keuh mens meuhnt/, n. 1. an act or instance of commencing; beginning: the commencement of hostilities. 2. the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year. 3. the day on which this ceremony takes place.… …
2commencement — com•mence•ment [[t]kəˈmɛns mənt[/t]] n. 1) an act of commencing; beginning: the commencement of hostilities[/ex] 2) edu the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year 3) edu the day this ceremony takes… …
31961 Indian annexation of Goa — Invasion of Goa redirects here. For the invasion by Portugal in 1510, see Portuguese Conquest of Goa (1510). Invasion of Goa Date 18–19 December 1961 Location Portuguese India and surrounding sea and airspace …
4Invasion of Goa — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Invasion of Goa partof= date=18 December 1961ndash 19 December 1961 place=Portuguese India and surrounding sea and airspace casus=After Indian Independence from the United Kingdom, Portuguese India remained… …
5Operation Polo — (1948) …
6Yom Kippur War — Battle of Syria redirects here. For the World War II campaign against the Vichy French in Syria, see Syria Lebanon Campaign. Yom Kippur War/October War Part of the …
7Highbridge Skirmish — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Highbridge Skirmish caption= partof=Jacobite Rising date=August 16, 1745 place=Highbridge, Scotland result=Jacobite victory combatant1=flagicon|UK|1606 Hanoverians combatant2=Jacobites… …
8California and Mexico — ▪ Primary Source On December 7, 1847, in his third annual message to Congress, which is reprinted here in part, President James K. Polk reiterated the minimal territorial objectives for which the United States had originally gone to war… …
9Minor campaigns of 1815 — On 1 March 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from his imprisonment on the isle of Elba, and launched a bid to recover his empire. A confederation of European powers pledged to stop him. During the period known as the Hundred Days Napoleon chose to… …
10Campaign history of the Roman military — This article is part of the series on: Military of ancient Rome (portal) 753 BC – AD 476 Structural history Roman army (unit types and ranks …
